FD Helps Rescue Man From 12-Foot Hole
Upper Saddle River man fell while checking on construction at his home, officials said
A Mahwah Fire Department squad helped rescue an Upper Saddle River man who fell 12 feet down a hole in his home’s foundation early Sunday morning, Assistant Chief Brad Stio said.
“The man’s home was under construction, and he was inspecting the progress of the work when he fell down a hole in the foundation,” at about 8:25 a.m. Sunday, Stio said.
Crews from Ramsey and a rescue truck from Mahwah responded to the accident. “We used a tripod to lower an emergency responder into the hole, and to remove the [man who fell],” Stio said. “The patient was transferred to the hospital to treat possible back and leg injuries,” Stio said. The extent of his injuries was unknown.
According to fire officials, the victim was removed from the hole within an hour of falling.
Michael M. Yevchak
7:53 pm on Sunday, April 22, 2012
It would have not been an hour if the upper saddle river mayor and council didn't un fund and put the saddle river valley rescue squad out of service this month . The man laid in the whole for 25 minutes longer than he should have . He has a broken back . Where was the USR Fire Department. Oh I forgot they are neither prepared or trained for this type of need ? Or the Newley elevated USR DPW .. If there was a rescue truck in the building they stole from the squad instead of a $200,000 street sweeper this Citizen would have been in Valley 25 minutes earlier and not so un served bye his own town council. Great job USR. After 41 years instead of building on volunteer success this mayor and council along with the FD has destroyed a great org and service Remember. What we do in life echoes in eternity . Now we are waiting how the town will spin this one.
Andy Schmidt
4:30 pm on Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Michael, it didn't take Mahwah and Ramsey 1 hour to GET there. The patient was REMOVED WITHIN the hour of falling.
They were concerned about possible back injuries. You don't just YANK someone out of a hole after a fall. If you read the article, you;d realize that they first set up the necessary equipment to be able to SAFELY lower a RESCUER down TO the patient, so that his condition could be assessed before deciding on the BEST way under his current circumstances to secure him and eventually extract him.
Whatever extra few minutes that it MIGHT have taken to drive in from Mahwah or Ramsey (if any), was minimal vs. the time needed to do this safely for ALL present.
Michael M. Yevchak
7:55 pm on Sunday, April 22, 2012
As always. Great Job to both squads. Thank God for you all
Jay
2:23 pm on Monday, April 23, 2012
Thank you to the Ramsey Rescue Squad and Mahwah Rescue for your expertise and great work. You were in scene less than 10 minutes after the call and had the patient safe within the hour. You are an elite bunch who train endless hours to do a service such as this.
Nate Kirkland
8:13 am on Tuesday, April 24, 2012
USR Fire was there fast as usual Mike! Maybe back in your day 30 years ago the rescue squad would have showed up and done their job. These recent years they were more of a hindrance than a help! I am sure they would not have been able to handle the situation as they are a bunch of kids who do more harm than good. I understand your frustration with the circumstances, however , if you have been around the last 15 years you would understand why they were disbanded.
Sean R. Sottolano
9:38 pm on Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Im sorry Nate Kirkland that you believe this about the young adults that were running the Saddle River Valley Rescue Squad. Yes, we were all young adults that were between the ages 18-26 but that does not mean that past members that did wrong mentored us to do wrong also. Of course no department is perfect, but in reality, you did not know the personnel that ran the calls day in and out. Before you make assumptions on how we operated due to previous members actions, get to know the members, understand they've spent possibly more hours than You did in class learning the in's and out's of firefighting and technical rescues. Knowing these young adults from continuously being around them, i understand them better than you do, so before you make Disrespectful, untrue acquisitions make sure you know the people you are talking about and The Facts. Thank You
Dan Hurwitt
11:31 pm on Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Thank you Sean for explaining what we really are, we are a department that has the training and experience to handle any fire or rescue situation no matter of our average ages being below 30 or above it does not matter. We were a squad of people dedicated to saving lives as much as any department
Edward
7:16 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
What SRVR was not what they portray themselves to be. I highly doubt any of them had any real technical rescue training and I know for a fact the vast majority did not even have any semblence of medical training. Its about time the towns did the right thing and invest in their emergency services that cared more about serving then having a party house. SRVR lost all credibility to attack these towns when they took the AMERICAN flag down and replaced it with a SKULL AND CROSSBONES flag....what mature well trained public servants they are